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Algae Solutions

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Hey all,
Ok, so, background: I currently have a 55 gallon tank, in the past I've had smaller (20-30 gallons) tanks. In the smaller tanks we always went with one or two medium sized algae eaters, usually plecos. However, I was thinking about instead of taking that route, get a few smaller algae eaters. I have a little tiny otocinclus, and was thinking about adding a small pleco, and a little army of four or five shrimp. Would there be any problems with that that I'm not foreseeing? Thanks.

If it's called tourist season why can't I shoot them?
Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that reason is you are stupid and make bad decisions. I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
A moderator on a fish forum should be able to identify an oscar... Don't you think?

I would say that oto social ness is something debatable. I know many people report that their otos school, but this is my experience: I used to have three otos. Each did its own thing and seemed completely content with that. I heard about the "otos need to be in schools" thing and added four more. Now I have seven otos each skittering around on its own and content minding their own business.

When I finally upgraded the lighting in my 20 long I had an algae bloom so bad the front glass became hard to see through. I bought some olive nerite snails, about 6. The glass was cleaned within a week (actually just a few days). No problems since, in fact I transferred 1 to each of my other tanks to help.

As a side note I do not buy fish for the job since I got back into the hobby a few years ago. I did try once and they all died, snails are just easier and frankly more fun for me

Shrimp and snail junkie... What can I say, I like the little things in life.